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Fireworks, website were ready for a Romney victory

Just how confident was Mitt Romney of being elected president? Turns out the Republican nominee had planned to celebrate with a big fireworks display over Boston Harbor, according to a story in The Boston

Fireworks, website were ready for a Romney victory

Mitt Romney waves to his supporters at his election night rally in Boston.(Photo: Stephan Savoia, AP)

Just how confident was Mitt Romney of being elected president?

Turns out the Republican nominee had planned to celebrate with a fireworks display over Boston Harbor, according to a story in The Boston Globe. There was also a website planned for his transition, complete with a quote from President-elect Romney saying he is "excited about our prospects as a nation."

As the world knows, President Obama won a second term in the White House.

The Romney transition website briefly went live and was taken down, but not before Taegan Goddard of the Political Wire blog managed to save some screenshots.

The eight-minute fireworks show, which would have been in view from Romney's election night event at the Boston Convention Center, didn't happen. Atlas Professional Fireworks Displays ended up taking the pyrotechnics back to its headquarters in New Hampshire.

"It was not an intense, grand finale-type of display for eight minutes, but it certainly was a fast-paced show to cap off the evening, if it were necessary," Atlas CEO Steve Pelkey told The Globe.

Transition planning is not unusual. Romney tapped former Utah governor Mike Leavitt for this task back in June. There's even a federal law that encourages early planning for White House transitions.